Recreate the Starcraft 2 Logo

Create a quick and sleek 'StarCraft' text effect with this easy Photoshop tutorial. The effect can be used to liven up your desktop.

Here is the final image that we’ll be creating :

Step 1

Create a new document of size 600x600. We will create the background first. For that create a new layer 'Layer 1' and fill it with 'Black' color. Right click on it and choose 'Blending option'. Apply following blending option settings.

Set the opacity of 'Layer 1' to 40%.

Step 2

Create another layer and rename it as 'Layer 1A'. Take Gradient tool from toolbar and fill the layer with gradient color as shown in the following image.

Set the opacity of 'Layer 1A' to 20%.

Step 3

To give a metallic texture effect to the background, take any metal texture image. Click here to download the metal texture image which I have used in this tutorial. Now drag this metal texture image in the canvas and rename the layer as 'Layer 2'

Set the layer style of Layer 2 to 'Vivid Light' and keep the opacity 70%. The metallic background is perfectly ready now.

Step 4

Create new layer and name it as 'Layer 3'. Take 'Polygonal Lasso' tool from toolbar and draw a shape as shown in the following image.

Right click on 'Layer 3' and duplicate it. Now flip the duplicate layer 'Layer 3 copy' to 'Horizontal' as shown in the following image.